As some of you know from my various social network feeds, I've entered the world of custom t-shirts via the popular t-shirt site TeeFury. The folks at TeeFury have been kind enough to let me get things kicked off with a flash sale featuring a set of designs based on my ABCDEFGeek series. ABCDEFGeek has been very popular and successful for me in the book sales area at comic book conventions and it has gotten some great word of mouth online. So I was hopeful that the series would be a good fit for t-shirts (I swear that wasn't intentional, I apologize to all pun-phobics).

The flash sale has not gone as well as I'd hoped over the course of the first day and a half, so I thought I'd reach out with a plea for people to pick up a shirt while the sale lasts (it will end late on Friday night). I'm hopeful that TeeFury will accept more ABCDEFGeek submissions in the future for their regularly featured tee spotlight, which (unlike flash sales) are featured at the top of their main page and sold for $11 as opposed to $17 (cheaper tees means more sales!). If this flash sale does not do well enough, I worry that TeeFury will not accept any more ABCDEFGeek submissions in the future.

I'm so grateful to everyone who has bought copies of Oddly Normal or the book version of ABCDEFGeek at conventions, but if you ever wanted to support me and my work in a small way, I would ask this: please buy a t-shirt for yourself or a friend during this flash sale at TeeFury. It would really help me to have a new revenue stream in the form of t-shirt sales. Unlike books or comics, which are enjoyed on a personal and private level, t-shirts are seen by anyone around the person wearing them and can immediately generate word-of-mouth. That's invaluable to the business I've chosen. This flash sale could be a pebble that rolls downhill and starts something bigger for me, and I can't tell you how much I need that right now.

My true passion is telling stories and I'm so thrilled to have my own series at Image Comics and have Oddly Normal sold in comic shops and bookstores. But the hard reality of the comic business is that it can be a tough road to walk when it comes to numbers and income, especially at the beginning of a series. If you had any doubt about that, see this recent article on the economics of comics.

This collected edition of "ABCDEFGeek" was designed for the larger sized prints (16" x 24" or 24" x 36"). Any of the smaller prints will make it hard to read some of the dialogue balloons on the individual letter entries. So keep that in mind when you order this print!

Thanks for looking. And if you order one of these, I hope you enjoy it.

I've decided to change the way I sell prints, books and comics online.

You can now buy art prints at my Society6 store. I will be adding more products here soon, including t-shirts, iPhone cases and totes. All of the prints sold online with my artwork will now be printed and shipped via Society6.com. Because of this change I will now offer many different size options as well as framed prints. I will also be offering artwork as prints that I have never before sold! I will no longer print and ship prints myself, although I will still sell prints from my own inventory at comic conventions and store appearances.

And you can now buy books, comics and original artwork exclusively at my Bigcartel store. I often do warm-up sketches and sell them at Bigcartel. The best way to find out when I am selling new sketches is to follow me on Instagram or Twitter.

For the first time since 2008 I will be attending the San Diego Comic-Con next week! I'll be there all five days, including Preview Night, sharing booth space with Josh Howard, John Walsh and Bryan Baugh! The four of us can be located at Booth 4504 in Lobby F.

I am also selling "Artist Editions" of "Draw, Monkey" for $20.00 each. The buyer will get a signed copy of the book as well as one of the original drawings featured in the book: otisframptononlinestore.bigcar…

The book contains 25 pen and marker sketches as well as 25 corresponding "micro-stories" for each drawing. This book will be manga sized (5"x7.5") and square bound. Here are a few sample layouts for the 52 page book:

-Otis

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Issue #1 of my webcomic Escape From Planet Nowhere is now available for purchase as a digital download (PDF) at The Illustrated Section! After downloading the issue, you can read it on your desktop computer, laptop, tablet or phone.Issue #1 contains Part 1 of the webcomic (27 pages), behind the scenes info & images as well as a gallery of guest art from Dani Jones (My Sister The Freak), Mike Maihack (Cleopatra In Spaaace!) and Grant Gould ("The Wolves of Odin").

I am also selling "Artist Editions" of "Draw, Monkey" for $30.00 each. The buyer will get a signed copy of the book as well as one of the original drawings featured in the book: otisframptononlinestore.bigcar…

The book contains 25 pen and marker sketches as well as 25 corresponding "micro-stories" for each drawing. This book will be manga sized (5"x7.5") and square bound. Here are a few sample layouts for the 52 page book:

-Otis

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Issue #1 of my webcomic Escape From Planet Nowhere is now available for purchase as a digital download (PDF) at The Illustrated Section! After downloading the issue, you can read it on your desktop computer, laptop, tablet or phone.Issue #1 contains Part 1 of the webcomic (27 pages), behind the scenes info & images as well as a gallery of guest art from Dani Jones (My Sister The Freak), Mike Maihack (Cleopatra In Spaaace!) and Grant Gould ("The Wolves of Odin").

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I'm working on a comic project that I may offer as a webcomic. The pages are standard comic proportions (for possible future printing). Would you rather have one full page posted each week or would you rather have the page broken up & posted Mon/Wed/Fri?